The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1887-05-20
Important to School Township
Omcers.
The following circular has been issued
by Territorial Supt. Dye:

Omcers.
The following circular has been issued
by Territorial Supt. Dye:
Mellette, ID. T., May 2, 1887
To THE SCHOOL TOWNSHIP OFFICERS IN
THE VARIOUS COUNTIES OF THE TERRI
TORY OF DAKOTA, NOW OPERATING UN-
DER THE SCHOOL TOWNSHIP SYSTEM:
The legislature OF this territory ut its
last session passed an act repeating
nearly all existing laws governing school
townships, and enacted u new system in
lieu thereof, which, while it embraces
many features of the old law, makes
changes so radical and the speedy exc
cution of which is SO necessary that 1t
has been thought advisable to issue
circular in advance of the school law
(now in the hands of the printer setting
forth rs briefly and as plainly as posi-
bic the duties of school officers in tempo
rarily sub distrcting for the election of
1887, as well rs the final sub -districting
by the township board created III pnrsu-
ance of the statute relating thereto. AL
SO extracts from the new law with COM
ments rs to the manner of procedure i'll
calling elections, posting notices, duties
Of officers. and manner of qualifying. II
is TIE intention of this circular to refer
aihiost eASiusiNeiy W suNH Poitohs VI
the law rs require your immediate
action. We give below sections and
portions of sections containing the in
formation.
''lt shall be the duty of each of the
present township school boards to meet
on the last Tuesday in May, 1887, and
temporarily fix the boundaries of each
sub-district in the township, and To make
out and post description of each sub
| district upon the door of the school
/ house therein. In no case shall the
township board number less than three
members, and where there is but one
school in the township, one member
shall be elected therefrom and two at
large. Where there are two schools.
each shall select a director and one shall
be selected at large. The school board
elected shall at their first meeting, or as
soon thereafter as practicable. define the
permanent boundaries Of the SUBJ dis
| tricts.
The annual school election shall be
held on the third Tuesday of June Of
each year, beginning with the year 1887,
and a polling place Is hereby established
in each sub district of each township.
the director of the sub district to be the
| judge of election. and the clerk shall be
elected by the voters present at the open
ing of the polls. If the director shall
not be present. a judge of election shall
be chosen by the voters present"
AT the annual school election the
qualified voters of each sub-district shall
elect one director who shall preside at
all sub. b.district meetings and who shall
be- member of the township school
board. except when sub district in
cludes or is composed of an incorporated
city, town or village. and in such cases
such sub district shall elect in the same
manner as many directors as it has de-
partmcnts regularly employing separate
teachers. and the said directors shall be
members of the township school board
and constitute the board or education OF
such sub-district. which board shall
have the same power as the directors of
other sub-districts."
cat the same time at which the di-
rector is elected and upon the same bal
lot, the qualified voters of the township
shall elect one township treasurer who
shall hold his office for the term of one
year. He shall take a similar oath OF
Office to the one required of the director
and shall enter into an undertaking il
favor of the school township. Tho
treasurer shall not be a member OF the
school board. The judge and clerk OF
election shall Immediately after the can
vass of the votes for director, send Ger
titled copy of the votes cast for said Off
Ger to the township clerk, and the CLERK
shall certify the result to the county
clerk without delay
The township board shall select
clerk not of their own number. Thei
: meeting for organization and election OF
clerk shall be the second Tuesday il
July"
That at the annual school election
provided for in this act, the polls shal
be opened at 2 o'clock in the Afternoon
same day. The judge of election, with
the aid of the clerk, shall count the vote
cast for director. and the person recciv
ing the highest number of votes cast
shall be declared elected Ties shal
be decided by lot. n \ The Judge an,
clerk of election shall also count tn
votes cast for treasurer, and place tn
: result in sealed envelope and dclivc
the same to the township clerk, in per
son, within three days after election"
Upon receiving the returns from tn
various subdistricts of the votes cas-
for treasurer, the township clerk shall
j without delay, open them, and afte
. counting the votes, shall issue certit
cate of election to the person reccivin
the highest number of votes. Tie
t shall be decided by lot
= 'In all elections held under the pre-
(. visions of this act. all persons who ar
f. qualified electors under the general law
of our territory and all women of TWEEN
t ty-one years and over, having the neces
). sary qualifications as to citizenship an
q residence required by the general lae
and who have children of school age ur
der their care or control shall be quail
fed voters
+" 'All persons. either male or femal,
being twenty-one years of age, and owe
having the necessary qualifications und,
the general laws as to citizenship MI
residence. shall be eligible to the Office
school director, judge, or clerk of cleo
C ion, township clerk or county superb
tcndent."
u The judge of election shall admin
ter the oath of Office to the clerk, ar
n the clerk in turn administer the oath
the jndgc.'
;, "The township clerk shall with
= three days after receiving copy of the r
II turns, sign and transmst to each persc
elected to any Office in the school tow
# ship, a certificate of his election to Il
office naming it fully"
Al SaSn to"Ihhip DIR
= be numbered from one up, and shall
appear on the records and in all transat
ions
School treasurer shall be qualified
act when he shall have filled his oath al
bond rs provided by law"
as The clerk of every school townshi
al through the directors of the several su
IN districts and every board of educate
and school corporation, shall make
cause to be made each year. an cnum,
II, alton of all the ch ldrcn who are re
q Ii dents within the limits of the corpt
r, alton on the first day of June who q
I'll from seven to twenty years of age incl
sivc, but shall exclude from such emu,
IN GRAFTON all such persons who are m,
re ricd. In making such enumeration the
he shall be listed separately in colun
the names of parents. guardians or hca
MS of families, having charge of such ch
cr or children, but only one in each cast
he first the father, if living. then the mo
,n cr. if he is not living, and the same
=. other cases. Opposite the name in
AZ, DrOprate columns, he shall enter t